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In a Foundation Center podcast, Peter Kim of the nonprofit Bridgespan Group cautions that it takes three to five years for a nonprofit to put a strong funding model in place. If an organization [...]

For more than 100 years conservationists have raised funds and donated lands to save and protect special places in perpetuity for public enjoyment. Six months from now, at least 61 of [...]

While volunteers and nonprofits continue to raise funds and develop plans in hopes of saving parks from closing in their communities, State Senator Noreen Evans (Democrat-Santa Rosa) says she [...]

The January – March 2012 issue of Bay Nature features the California state parks crisis as the cover story, illuminating the real people behind the hard work of trying to save some of the parks [...]

The Bay Area Open Space Council organized a meeting on November 17, 2011, in Berkeley on the California State Parks crisis and live-blogged the event.

If parks close and stay closed, it would mark the first time the state park system would be left smaller for the next generation of Californians.

Thomas Peters, President of the Marin Community Foundation, offers insights on philanthropy's response to state park closures.

While not final yet, a few nonprofits and public agencies are in various stages of developing proposals to run parks in their communities.

The state park operations and funding model of yesteryear is cleary broken. Around the state, park advocates are looking for creative solutions to keep the beloved parks in their communities open.

"Across Sonoma Mountain wisps of sea fog are stealing … I have everything to make me glad I am alive. I am filled with dreams and mysteries. I am all sun and air and sparkle. I am vitalized, [...]